TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 301459 [ 2026TNSTR1826....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-04-25 15:33:41
Date made public:
Sender: WFST_SN
Reporting Group: WFST     Discovery Data Source: WFST

Zelin Xu, Dezheng Meng, Ji-an Jiang, Weiyu Wu, Zhengyan Liu, Junhan Zhao, Ziqing Jia (USTC) on behalf of the WFST collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2026ksq
Discoverer internal name: WFST260416dtvr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:39:38.770 (174.911542) DEC = -02:08:04.87 (-2.134686)
Discovery date: 2026-04-16 14:21:07.200 (JD=2461147.098)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-16 14:21:07.200
Flux: 22.46 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-15 14:22:34
Limiting flux: 22.21 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026ksq